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The Wise Guys: NEXT LEVEL Male Responsibility
Curriculum® is a comprehensive guide for instructors of Wise Guys
training sessions. It provides all the educational material,
handouts and activities required to lead a Wise Guys:NEXT LEVEL program for a
group of men.
Long standing social attitudes can be difficult to change. If we want young men to overcome stereotypical attitudes about their roles as partners and fathers, we must help them realize that traditional gender roles are changing. This chapter will help participants to:
Chapter 2: Stress and Anger Management Young men, whether they are from rural areas, suburbs, or inner cities, are at risk for interpersonal violence at increasingly high rates. Research suggests that the most effective prevention for violence starts with helping young adults cope with pressure. In this chapter, participants will:
Chapter 3: Values Clarification and Diversity To be a successful member of society, each of us must be able to understand the difference between our personal values and the values of those with whom we interact. Our values give us meaning and direction in our lives. Values clarification activities generally strengthen people’s beliefs in their own values, including their values regarding diversity. In our ever-changing world, it is important for young men to keep an open mind and learn to appreciate the diversity that exists in American society today. In this chapter, participants will:
Chapter 4: Effective Communication and Listening Skills Good communication involves mainly three components: communicating our thoughts, feelings, and wants; learning to listen attentively; and knowing how and when to be assertive. Effective communication can be difficult for males raised with a cultural understanding of masculinity that includes “strong but silent”. In this chapter participants will learn the skills to:
Chapter 5: Sexuality: What is it? We are all sexual beings and we express ourselves sexually from birth until death. Human sexuality is a natural part of each of our lives. Sexuality is a life-long process of acquiring information and forming attitudes, beliefs, and values about one’s sexual identity, relationships and intimacy. It includes sexual development, interpersonal relationships, and gender roles. Sexuality is not just about what someone does, it is about who they are and how they live. In this chapter participants will explore the concept of sexuality by:
Chapter 6: Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Interpersonal relationships, especially dating relationships, can be sources of both great satisfaction and great stress for young men. Very often young adults define themselves greatly in relation to the dating relationships in which they are involved. Young men are bombarded with images from popular culture that support violence in general and violence against women in particular. In this chapter participants will
Chapter 7: Relationship Choices There are a variety of love or romantic relationship styles in which people can become involved. These include casual dating, steady dating, long term partnership, and marriage. In this chapter we will:
Chapter 8: Abstinence and Contraception Correct information on contraceptive choices is an important tool for sexually active young men (and for those who may become so). It is also important for them to understand that abstinence is the only 100% effective method of birth control, and the most effective method for sexually transmitted disease prevention. In this chapter participants will:
Chapter 9: HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Every year in the United States there are approximately 15 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Approximately one third of those cases involve young adult men and women. Presently an estimated 66 million people in the United States have an STI that is incurable. In this chapter participants will:
American teenagers have the highest rate of pregnancy of any country in the developed world. The large majority of these pregnancies are unwanted and unplanned. It is estimated that 1 in 9 women aged 15-19 in the US become pregnant every year, with 1 million pregnancies to teen women in the United States annually. A significant number of the fathers of babies born to teen mothers are adult men. In this chapter, participants will:
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We live in a culture that has been referred to by more than one writer as a “rape” culture. There are messages young men receive regularly from their peers, the media, and popular culture that promote and glorify violence against women and sexual conquests. The old adage “boys will be boys” is an example of just one of the many ways our culture repeatedly normalizes and excuses anti-social male behavior. In order to prevent sexual assault from occurring, we as a society must redefine what it means to “be a man”. In this chapter participants will:
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Chapter 12: Alcohol and Other Drugs Young adults develop all sorts of beliefs about alcohol and other drugs, much of which is incorrect or distorted. Not enough young men are equipped with the information and skills necessary to make informed decisions about the consequences of using alcohol and drugs. In this chapter participants will:
Learn of the effect of these substances on relationships and sexual decision-making, especially in the areas of rape and violence.
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Following are a list of resources to help you become better acquainted with the Wise Guys curriculum. Click on any of the items below for more information.
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